§ Mr. Proctorasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the answer of the hon. Member for Banbury (Mr. Marten) to the hon. Member for Basildon of 21 June, Official Report, c. 18, whether any funds are pledged to the Zimbabwe Government for the purpose of buying British or non-British military equipment; and if he will list in the Official 242W Report the types of British equipment to be purchased by Zimbabwe under the agreement on development assistance.
§ Mr. Neil MartenBritish development aid to Zimbabwe is not being made available for the purchase of military equipment, except for a limited amount of minefield clearance equipment which is required to remove mines in the rural areas in the interests of safety, and to enable land to be brought back into productive use.
Types of British equipment supplied to Zimbabwe under the British aid programme are as follows:
- 1. Railway equipment including replacement engines for locomotives.
- 2. Vehicles for civilian use, including Land Rovers and tractors for use on development schemes.
- 3. Equipment for technical colleges.
- 4. Broadcasting equipment.
- 5. Vehicles and equipment for malaria and tsetse control.
- 6. Forestry equipment.
- 7. Medical equipment.
- 8. Water drilling equipment.
- 9. Telecommunications training equipment.
- 10. Computer equipment.
- 11. Agricultural research equipment
- 12. Road measuring equipment.
- 13. Audio-visual training equipment.